In an Academy Award season that proved that Destiny’s Child wasn’t neccessarily Oscar’s bouncing baby Beyonce’s nomination dreams were deferred. And What happens to a dream deferred - Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun Or fester like a sore–And then run
Only if it’s running along the tracks to the 21st annual Soul Train Music Awards.

RTE Entertainment reports

She was nominated twice for her hit single ‘Irreplaceable’, in the categories of Best R&B/soul Single and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video. Her album, ‘B’Day’, is also up for Best Female R&B/Soul Album.

Those three nominations have Ms. Knowles at the head of this years Sooo-uuuu-ll train.
Perhaps the first time in the history of the modern railroad that a world famous caboose has lead the charge. Counterintuitive engineering … perhaps but when you’re ahead - why ask why.

Others with two nominations include Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, John Legend, Ne-Yo, Gnarls Barkley, Yung Joc and the Isley Brothers.

Twos nice for those who like that sort of thing .. very ying yang, matched end tables and all that but it ain’t three with three you egg rolls … or found a girl group.

Pictures via the Sydney Morning Herald and Hartland Locomotive Works

 [Date: 08-Feb-07 ]

In an Academy Award season that proved that Destiny’s Child wasn’t neccessarily Oscar’s bouncing baby Beyonce’s nomination dreams were deferred. And What happens to a dream deferred - Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun Or fester like a sore–And then run
Only if it’s running along the tracks to the 21st annual Soul Train Music Awards.

RTE Entertainment reports

She was nominated twice for her hit single ‘Irreplaceable’, in the categories of Best R&B/soul Single and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video. Her album, ‘B’Day’, is also up for Best Female R&B/Soul Album.

Those three nominations have Ms. Knowles at the head of this years Sooo-uuuu-ll train.
Perhaps the first time in the history of the modern railroad that a world famous caboose has lead the charge. Counterintuitive engineering … perhaps but when you’re ahead - why ask why.

Others with two nominations include Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, John Legend, Ne-Yo, Gnarls Barkley, Yung Joc and the Isley Brothers.

Twos nice for those who like that sort of thing .. very ying yang, matched end tables and all that but it ain’t three with three you egg rolls … or found a girl group.

Pictures via the Sydney Morning Herald and Hartland Locomotive Works

 [Date: 09-Feb-07 ]

- Beyonce should get a refund on those things. Is the warranty expired yet [CelebWarship]
- LA Dreamgirls premiere featuring Teri Hatcher making that terrible grimace face she’s known for. [PopSugar]
- Hot priests calendar is sacrilicious [Socialite’s Life]
- Standout childhood performances [Pajiba]
- Woah! Keanu Reeves is single and looking [I’m Not Obsessed]
- Blood Diamond director slams Russell Simmons for taking a De Beers sponsored tour of African diamond mines and declaring everything A-OK [ecorazzi]
- Lindsay Lohan as the Qwik bunny [Gallery of the Absurd]
- Lindsay Lohan still dresses like a drunk [Hollywood Tuna]
- Prince is playing at the SuperBowl, but he’s totally not a sellout or anything [Best Week Ever]
- Scarlett Johansson for Louis Vuitton [Egotastic]
- Tara Reid is a mess again [DListed]
- Paris Hilton defends Britney’s “partying ethics.” [Celebslam]
- Nip/Tuck season 4 finale is tonight [popbytes]
- More pictures from the Brangelina family’s Hello! spread [The Blemish]
- Nicole Richie actually ate on the day she was arrested [Celebrity Puke]
- Kanye West sued by Evil Knievel [CityRag]
- Adriana Lima at the beach [IDLYITW]
- TMZ runs story about random racist guy [Best Week Ever]
- Cameron Diaz likes sweaty sex. [Hollywood Rag]
- Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody are sharing custody of their dogs [Mollygood]
- Paulino Rubio shows off her undies [Bastardly]
- Jessica Simpson can’t remember her lines on the set of her new movie, either [Celeb News Wire]
- Gwyneth Paltrow backtracks over NY home sale [ICYDK]
- Kelly Clarkson vandalizes the house of Amy Lee from Evanescence [Just Jared]

 [Date: 12-Dec-06 ]

- Beyonce should get a refund on those things. Is the warranty expired yet [CelebWarship]
- LA Dreamgirls premiere featuring Teri Hatcher making that terrible grimace face she’s known for. [PopSugar]
- Hot priests calendar is sacrilicious [Socialite’s Life]
- Standout childhood performances [Pajiba]
- Woah! Keanu Reeves is single and looking [I’m Not Obsessed]
- Blood Diamond director slams Russell Simmons for taking a De Beers sponsored tour of African diamond mines and declaring everything A-OK [ecorazzi]
- Lindsay Lohan as the Qwik bunny [Gallery of the Absurd]
- Lindsay Lohan still dresses like a drunk [Hollywood Tuna]
- Prince is playing at the SuperBowl, but he’s totally not a sellout or anything [Best Week Ever]
- Scarlett Johansson for Louis Vuitton [Egotastic]
- Tara Reid is a mess again [DListed]
- Paris Hilton defends Britney’s “partying ethics.” [Celebslam]
- Nip/Tuck season 4 finale is tonight [popbytes]
- More pictures from the Brangelina family’s Hello! spread [The Blemish]
- Nicole Richie actually ate on the day she was arrested [Celebrity Puke]
- Kanye West sued by Evil Knievel [CityRag]
- Adriana Lima at the beach [IDLYITW]
- TMZ runs story about random racist guy [Best Week Ever]
- Cameron Diaz likes sweaty sex. [Hollywood Rag]
- Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody are sharing custody of their dogs [Mollygood]
- Paulino Rubio shows off her undies [Bastardly]
- Jessica Simpson can’t remember her lines on the set of her new movie, either [Celeb News Wire]
- Gwyneth Paltrow backtracks over NY home sale [ICYDK]
- Kelly Clarkson vandalizes the house of Amy Lee from Evanescence [Just Jared]

 [Date: 13-Dec-06 ]

Beyonce and Jay-Z are not getting married this weekend in a lavish ceremony on the island of Anguila, as we reported earlier. It was supposed to be a surprise ceremony to follow Jay-Z’a 37th birthday party, but the party is finished now and their reps say there’s not going to be a wedding:

The New York Post trumpeted on Tuesday that the star couple were bound for a “rap wedding” disguised as a 37th-birthday party. The paper said that after boarding “a yacht in St. Barts,” the guests “will also be ferried over to Anguilla for the wedding at Cap Juluca.”

The couple actually won’t be anywhere near Anguilla, our sources vouch. What’s more, they’re already back from the birthday party.

Here’s what really happened:

Monday night, right after Beyonc walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of “Dreamgirls,” she shanghaied her unsuspecting rap-star boyfriend to an airport where she’d chartered two customized 757s. (One had a 20-seat movie theater.)

Waiting were about 20 of their closest friends, including Beyonc’s Destiny’s Child sista Kelly Rowland and music and marketing honchos like Lyor Cohen, Steve Stoute and Kevin Lyles.

After an in-flight feast prepared by two chefs, the gang touched down in St. Martin, where everyone boarded a 270-foot yacht.

For the next two days, Jay and his friends did the biggest of pimpin’. Two helicopters were on standby, and the lobster and Champagne - Jay-Z’s own Ace of Spades vintage - flowed. There was swimming, snorkeling and even a four-man minisub to take guests on deep-sea explorations.

“The party must have cost $1 million a day,” estimates one source.

The revelers finally returned yesterday morning. Jay stopped off in Miami for the Art Basel fest, where he was said to be considering a $7 million painting.

That must have been some party. Everyone was speculating that Beyonce was motivated to have a wedding by the fact that she’s being upstaged by Jennifer Hudson’s role in their firlm “Dreamgirls.” Now it’s said that producers are gunning for Beyonce, not Hudson, to be nominated for an Oscar.

Meanwhile that document that we published from MediaTakeOut that claims that Beyonce is 32, not 25, seems to have been altered. Reader betsy found that another person on the list was born in 1981 according to Texas Birth Records, available online. We were able to verify online through an ancestry site that Beyonce is listed as being born in 1981, not 1974.

Header image is from this spring and was found at Haute Gossip.

 [Date: 08-Dec-06 ]

Beyonce and Jay-Z are not getting married this weekend in a lavish ceremony on the island of Anguila, as we reported earlier. It was supposed to be a surprise ceremony to follow Jay-Z’a 37th birthday party, but the party is finished now and their reps say there’s not going to be a wedding:

The New York Post trumpeted on Tuesday that the star couple were bound for a “rap wedding” disguised as a 37th-birthday party. The paper said that after boarding “a yacht in St. Barts,” the guests “will also be ferried over to Anguilla for the wedding at Cap Juluca.”

The couple actually won’t be anywhere near Anguilla, our sources vouch. What’s more, they’re already back from the birthday party.

Here’s what really happened:

Monday night, right after Beyonc walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of “Dreamgirls,” she shanghaied her unsuspecting rap-star boyfriend to an airport where she’d chartered two customized 757s. (One had a 20-seat movie theater.)

Waiting were about 20 of their closest friends, including Beyonc’s Destiny’s Child sista Kelly Rowland and music and marketing honchos like Lyor Cohen, Steve Stoute and Kevin Lyles.

After an in-flight feast prepared by two chefs, the gang touched down in St. Martin, where everyone boarded a 270-foot yacht.

For the next two days, Jay and his friends did the biggest of pimpin’. Two helicopters were on standby, and the lobster and Champagne - Jay-Z’s own Ace of Spades vintage - flowed. There was swimming, snorkeling and even a four-man minisub to take guests on deep-sea explorations.

“The party must have cost $1 million a day,” estimates one source.

The revelers finally returned yesterday morning. Jay stopped off in Miami for the Art Basel fest, where he was said to be considering a $7 million painting.

That must have been some party. Everyone was speculating that Beyonce was motivated to have a wedding by the fact that she’s being upstaged by Jennifer Hudson’s role in their firlm “Dreamgirls.” Now it’s said that producers are gunning for Beyonce, not Hudson, to be nominated for an Oscar.

Meanwhile that document that we published from MediaTakeOut that claims that Beyonce is 32, not 25, seems to have been altered. Reader betsy found that another person on the list was born in 1981 according to Texas Birth Records, available online. We were able to verify online through an ancestry site that Beyonce is listed as being born in 1981, not 1974.

Header image is from this spring and was found at Haute Gossip.

 [Date: 09-Dec-06 ]

Media Take Out, an African-American entertainment site that has a lot of exclusives saying celebrities are gay, cheating, and/or involved in various scandals, claims to have official evidence proving that Beyonce is 32 years old. (Their current cover story involves a risque photo of what looks like Eve getting oral from another woman. It was supposedly taken qhile she was an exotic dancer. The picture is covered in the right places, but is still NSFW.)

Two months ago I ran an old video by Destiny’s Child in which Beyonce was supposedly 16. She didn’t look 16 to me, although commentors were kind of split as to whether she was older. Some people said it was the makeup that made her look more mature but others claimed it was a common practice in the entertainment industry and would not surprise them.

The evidence from Media Take Out is a blurry list of births from the Texas Department of Health dated 1974, which would make Beyonce 32, not 25. They say it’s an official birth record sent to them by a government worker in Texas. It’s labeled a statistics list and isn’t a birth certificate, but it could still be accurate:

December 5. Over the past few weeks, MediaTakeOut.com has received hundreds of emails from people asking us to confirm Beyonce’s true age. In an attempt to find the truth, we spoke with dozens of insiders - all of whom believed that Beyonce was being truthful about her age.

But yesterday MediaTakeOut.com received a tip that proved to be explosive. The tipster, who claimed to work for the Texas Department of Health, faxed over what appears to be Beyonce’s official birth records. The document (a portion of which is below) shows that a Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born to a Mathew Knowles and Celestine Ann Beyonce on September 4th, 1974. If this document is accurate, that would mean that Beyonce is actually 32 years old.

Beyonce’s official biography claims that she was born on September 4th, 1981. It also claims that her mothers maiden name is “Beyince”, and not “Beyonce” as the below document shows.

Beyonce’s parents are named Matthew and Tina Knowles, so if this is real it could be the proof that she’s older than 25.

 [Date: 06-Dec-06 ]

Jennifer Hudson of “American Idol” fame is generating Oscar buzz with her amazing upcoming role in “Dreamgirls.” Beyonce plays a backup character in the film adaptation of the musical and is second fiddle to Hudson. Beyonce denied that there’s any rivalry between her and Hudson, but people are saying that her comments show otherwise. She told reporters that she wanted to play Hudson’s central role of Effie, of course, and wish she could of gained the 20 pounds required for for the role:

“I knew that the character that I played wasn’t the star,” Knowles, 25, told reporters on Saturday about knowing full well that her Diana Ross-esque role of Deena Jones was less meaty than Hudson’s part as Effie White - a part that is already getting Hudson Oscar buzz. “She wasn’t the underdog. She didn’t have the struggle and the pain and the dramatic scenes that Effie had, and I was fine with that.” Taking the role was about proving herself as an actress. “I’m already a star. I already have nine Grammys. Everyone knows I can sing,” Knowles said. “I did this because I wanted people to know that I can act and I can play someone so different from myself.” “Because I’m a star they just automatically assume that I’m not humble enough to sit down and take a back seat, which I am.” But the R&B star did admit that she would have liked to have sung Effie’s song, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” a showstopper that, in large part, helped get Jennifer Holliday a Tony Award for best actress for the original 1981 Broadway version of Dreamgirls. “I mean,” said Knowles, “I wish I could’ve gained 20 pounds and played Effie.” Asked if she’d really have packed on the weight for the part, Knowles said, “Yes. I absolutely would have, but Bill (Condon, the movie’s writer-director) didn’t even believe that I could be Deena. So imagine if I would’ve said, ‘Bill, I want to be Effie.’ “ And Knowles has high praise for Hudson’s portrayal of Effie. “Jennifer Hudson had such a pressure, first of all, never being in a film and never have done an album and still having to live up to those expectations,” said Knowles. “She did incredible.”

It does sound like Beyonce is calling Hudson fat, and is suggesting that Hudson got the role because she’s heavier. Hudson did actually gain 20 pounds for that film according to Wikipedia, so Beyonce might not have meant it as harshly as it came off.

Commentor kailie2 notes that Beyonce’s rumored wedding to Jay-Z next weekend may be her attempt to gain back the spotlight dominated by newcomer Hudson’s sheer talent.

That’s a pretty good theory considering how much praise and publicity Hudson is getting:

Hudson, taking over the role of Effie played on stage by Jennifer Holliday, is in charge of “Dreamgirls” from her opening scene, blowing away Grammy-winner Beyonc Knowles, Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and anyone else who gets in her way.

When she sings “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” - one of the most heartfelt cries of pain ever written for a musical - Hudson inscribes her name on an Oscar.

“Dreamgirls” is out in the states tomorrow, 12/6. Here’s the trailer:

Header image found at Bossip.

 [Date: 06-Dec-06 ]

Media Take Out, an African-American entertainment site that has a lot of exclusives saying celebrities are gay, cheating, and/or involved in various scandals, claims to have official evidence proving that Beyonce is 32 years old. (Their current cover story involves a risque photo of what looks like Eve getting oral from another woman. It was supposedly taken qhile she was an exotic dancer. The picture is covered in the right places, but is still NSFW.)

Two months ago I ran an old video by Destiny’s Child in which Beyonce was supposedly 16. She didn’t look 16 to me, although commentors were kind of split as to whether she was older. Some people said it was the makeup that made her look more mature but others claimed it was a common practice in the entertainment industry and would not surprise them.

The evidence from Media Take Out is a blurry list of births from the Texas Department of Health dated 1974, which would make Beyonce 32, not 25. They say it’s an official birth record sent to them by a government worker in Texas. It’s labeled a statistics list and isn’t a birth certificate, but it could still be accurate:

December 5. Over the past few weeks, MediaTakeOut.com has received hundreds of emails from people asking us to confirm Beyonce’s true age. In an attempt to find the truth, we spoke with dozens of insiders - all of whom believed that Beyonce was being truthful about her age.

But yesterday MediaTakeOut.com received a tip that proved to be explosive. The tipster, who claimed to work for the Texas Department of Health, faxed over what appears to be Beyonce’s official birth records. The document (a portion of which is below) shows that a Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born to a Mathew Knowles and Celestine Ann Beyonce on September 4th, 1974. If this document is accurate, that would mean that Beyonce is actually 32 years old.

Beyonce’s official biography claims that she was born on September 4th, 1981. It also claims that her mothers maiden name is “Beyince”, and not “Beyonce” as the below document shows.

Beyonce’s parents are named Matthew and Tina Knowles, so if this is real it could be the proof that she’s older than 25.

 [Date: 07-Dec-06 ]

Jennifer Hudson of “American Idol” fame is generating Oscar buzz with her amazing upcoming role in “Dreamgirls.” Beyonce plays a backup character in the film adaptation of the musical and is second fiddle to Hudson. Beyonce denied that there’s any rivalry between her and Hudson, but people are saying that her comments show otherwise. She told reporters that she wanted to play Hudson’s central role of Effie, of course, and wish she could of gained the 20 pounds required for for the role:

“I knew that the character that I played wasn’t the star,” Knowles, 25, told reporters on Saturday about knowing full well that her Diana Ross-esque role of Deena Jones was less meaty than Hudson’s part as Effie White - a part that is already getting Hudson Oscar buzz. “She wasn’t the underdog. She didn’t have the struggle and the pain and the dramatic scenes that Effie had, and I was fine with that.” Taking the role was about proving herself as an actress. “I’m already a star. I already have nine Grammys. Everyone knows I can sing,” Knowles said. “I did this because I wanted people to know that I can act and I can play someone so different from myself.” “Because I’m a star they just automatically assume that I’m not humble enough to sit down and take a back seat, which I am.” But the R&B star did admit that she would have liked to have sung Effie’s song, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” a showstopper that, in large part, helped get Jennifer Holliday a Tony Award for best actress for the original 1981 Broadway version of Dreamgirls. “I mean,” said Knowles, “I wish I could’ve gained 20 pounds and played Effie.” Asked if she’d really have packed on the weight for the part, Knowles said, “Yes. I absolutely would have, but Bill (Condon, the movie’s writer-director) didn’t even believe that I could be Deena. So imagine if I would’ve said, ‘Bill, I want to be Effie.’ “ And Knowles has high praise for Hudson’s portrayal of Effie. “Jennifer Hudson had such a pressure, first of all, never being in a film and never have done an album and still having to live up to those expectations,” said Knowles. “She did incredible.”

It does sound like Beyonce is calling Hudson fat, and is suggesting that Hudson got the role because she’s heavier. Hudson did actually gain 20 pounds for that film according to Wikipedia, so Beyonce might not have meant it as harshly as it came off.

Commentor kailie2 notes that Beyonce’s rumored wedding to Jay-Z next weekend may be her attempt to gain back the spotlight dominated by newcomer Hudson’s sheer talent.

That’s a pretty good theory considering how much praise and publicity Hudson is getting:

Hudson, taking over the role of Effie played on stage by Jennifer Holliday, is in charge of “Dreamgirls” from her opening scene, blowing away Grammy-winner Beyonc Knowles, Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and anyone else who gets in her way.

When she sings “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” - one of the most heartfelt cries of pain ever written for a musical - Hudson inscribes her name on an Oscar.

“Dreamgirls” is out in the states tomorrow, 12/6. Here’s the trailer:

Header image found at Bossip.

 [Date: 07-Dec-06 ]